Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 10: Minister for School Education, Haj & Auqaf and Tribal Affairs Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali today convened a meeting to review the arrangements being put in place for Ramadan in the Jammu region.
Divisional Commissioner, Hemant Kumar Sharma, IGP Jammu Dr S D Singh Jamwal, Deputy Commissioner, Kumar Rajeev Ranjan, Chief Engineers of PDD and PHE, Director FCS&CA, Joint Commissioner JMC, Special Officer Auqaf, Administrator Auqaf Jammu and officers of other concerned departments attended the meeting.
Threadbare discussions were held on various issues which include law and order, security, traffic, uninterrupted power supply, adequate drinking water, medicare facilities and sanitation put in place for the ensuing holy month.
Stressing on ensuring the availability of essential commodities to the people on prescribed rates during Ramadan, Ch Zulfkar asked the officers of all departments to work in synergized manner so that the people do not face any inconvenience.
He said that the fool proof mechanism should be put in place to provide better amenities to the people during the month of Ramadan.
He directed concerned authorities to ensure proper cleanliness, sanitation and other related facilities in various towns and municipalities of the region especially in and around mosques and shrines. He said special squads should be constituted for the same.
While asking the officers of the PDD to provide adequate power during the holy month, the Minister said that special care should be taken to ensure power supply especially during Sehri, Iftaar and Taraweeh. He also directed them to repair all defunct street lights, damaged poles and transformers before the holy month of Ramadan.
Directing the PHE officers to ensure adequate supply of potable drinking water to the people, Zulfkar said that people should not suffer on this account. He stressed for deploying water tankers in the areas that are facing shortage of water.
The Minister directed Divisional Commissioner to constitute QRTs in all tehsils for receiving and redressing the complaints and issues regarding, PHE, PDD, health and others.
He issued instructions for smooth movement of traffic in the areas to facilitate the people coming for prayers besides directed for requisite medical facilities.
The Minister further directed the officers to work in close coordination to ensure adequate arrangements during holy month of Ramadan.
Meanwhile, Ch Zulfkar said that Government is contemplating to earmark educational institutions according to the academic streams so that they emerge as seat of excellence in that particular stream and students can be benefitted accordingly with advanced learning.
Minister for School Education said this during his visit to Sri Ranbir Multi Lateral (SRML) Model Higher Secondary School, here today.
Interacting with the students, Zulfkar asked them to be forthcoming and strive for excellence in education. He asked them to work hard to achieve their goals and said that only those who work with honesty, dedication and vision for progress, leave a mark on the society.
He impressed upon the school faculty to make teaching-learning process more student centric and directed for adopting activity based learning so as to ensure maximum participation of students in the process.
The Minister asked the Principal SRML that the online admission process should be initiated from the next academic session for the convenience of the students besides digitization of school records and library. He also directed for interconnecting the libraries of different schools through internet for the benefit of students and staff.
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